Thank you.
First and foremost, I think, my time at CSE in collecting foreign intelligence—certainly the armed forces are a very important partner with CSE, particularly in Afghanistan and since in providing intelligence and working with the forces—gave me a very good overview and exposure to the threats that we face globally from terrorism, that Canada faces in the Middle East and other parts of the world, and of how to work with our allies and international partners. In the intelligence world, that relationship is very important.
Obviously I think there are some big differences between CSE and National Defence in terms of both size and complexity. As the chief of CSE, I was also a member of the National Defence management committee, so I spent the last three years as a member of the management committee at Defence, which gave me some understanding of and exposure to some of the issues and challenges there and allowed me to have a good knowledge of the folks in the forces and in the department.